These Oscars received a 10.8 rating in the advertiser-sought 18-49 demographic, based on Nielsen’s fast national ratings. As per usual, the show was TV’s top entertainment telecast overall since last year’s Academy Awards, which took place on March 2.

ABC’s “Oscar’s Red Carpet Live” got 24.3 million viewers from 8:00 – 8:30 p.m. ET, the half-hour leading into the ceremony. Its first 30-minutes had 13.7 million viewers on average.

Click here for the rest of Sunday night’s fast national numbers and here for the awards show’s metered market household and local people meter ratings.